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Staff & Principal backend developer roles ideal for 8+ years of experience. AI-ranked, salary-transparent, work-from-anywhere.

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Senior AI Engineer (LLM Infrastructure)

Stripe · Americas + EU timezones · $200k–$280k + equity

Build the AI systems that power fraud detection across $1T+ in annual payments. Remote-first, async-friendly.

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Staff Software Engineer, Product (Belo Horizonte)Live

LawnStarter Brazil Full-time $204k–$315k
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Staff Software Engineer, Product (Florianópolis)Live

LawnStarter Brazil Full-time $204k–$315k
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Staff Software Engineer, Product (Porto Alegre)Live

LawnStarter Brazil Full-time $204k–$315k
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Staff Software Engineer, Product (São Paulo)Live

LawnStarter Brazil Full-time $204k–$315k
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Staff Software Engineer, Product (Campinas)Live

LawnStarter Brazil Full-time $204k–$315k
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Executive Director K12 Academic PartnershipsLive

Dreamscape Learn New York, New York, New York, United States Full-time $204k–$315k
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Director Customer SuccessLive

Pencil New York, New York, New York, United States Full-time $204k–$315k
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Staff Backend Engineer (Ruby on Rails/AI), VerifyLive

Gitlab Remote, APAC; Remote, Australia; Remote, Canada; Remote, Ireland; Remote, Netherlands; Remote, United Kingdom Full-time $204k–$315k

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